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Didrachm: Obverse, Galloping Horseman Holding Spear; Reverse, Phalanthos or Taras on a Dolphin Holding Trident in Left Hand and Amphora (?) on Right (Female Head Behind Him)
Didrachm: Obverse, Galloping Horseman Holding Spear; Reverse, Phalanthos or Taras on a Dolphin Holding Trident in Left Hand and Amphora (?) on Right (Female Head Behind Him)

Didrachm: Obverse, Galloping Horseman Holding Spear; Reverse, Phalanthos or Taras on a Dolphin Holding Trident in Left Hand and Amphora (?) on Right (Female Head Behind Him)

Artist/Maker
Date275 BCE
place excavatedTaras, South Italy, Europe
MediumSilver
DimensionsDiameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney
Object number1904.1235
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceCharles F. Olney [1831-1903], Cleveland, OH; by inheritance 1903 to Abigail L. Olney [d. 1904], Cleveland, OH; by bequest 1904 to Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; by transfer 1917 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Collections
  • Ancient
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